Nate the Great!

I'm very much looking forward to seeing Nate in action again tomorrow night, he's always been one of my favorite fighters. He looked absolutely vicious in his debut at 170, it was the perfect move for him and the perfect way to restart his post-UFC career. I really expect huge things from Nate going forward.

After he defends his strap tomorrow night he can jump right into the Top 3-5 over in the UFC. His friendship with GSP might create some problems but there's no doubt that he will be right in the thick of the top of the division. I have to assume he knows Rory very well as well since they all trained together at Tri-Star so there's another interesting dynamic there.

I agree with both of you. If Hendricks loses....IMO Nate is the number one contender. I commend him for being willing to fight his long time training partner. Could you imagine if Nate was champion & Gilbert said, he'd fight Nate?

Nate is a badass, he attacks from really good angles and even when he went down off that jab, he was still going forward on one leg..top fighter despite his loss. I hope he gets back to the UFC, there are some really good match ups for him at 170.

Nate is a badass, he attacks from really good angles and even when he went down off that jab, he was still going forward on one leg..top fighter despite his loss. I hope he gets back to the UFC, there are some really good match ups for him at 170.